Theme: Global Challenges in Valuation — hosted by ANEVAR at the NORD Events Center, Bucharest, Romania.
A new Executive Committee for 2024–2026
The WAVO Executive Committee held a successful meeting in Bucharest on Friday 6 September 2024, electing the new lineup of officers to serve the 2024–2026 term. The incoming leadership brings together representatives from member organisations across Australia, Germany, Singapore, the United States, New Zealand, China, Korea and Ukraine.
Executive Committee, 2024–2026
- Executive PresidentRobert Hecek — Australian Property Institute (API)
- President-ElectReiner Lux — HypZert
- President EmeritusDr Lim Lan Yuan — Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV)
- 1st Vice PresidentTerry Dunkin — Appraisal Institute (AI)
- Vice PresidentBlue Hancock — Property Institute of New Zealand (PINZ)
- Vice PresidentZhang Geng Hua — China Appraisal Society (CAS)
- Vice PresidentSumi Ku — Korea Association of Property Appraisers (KAPA)
- TreasurerDr Chai Qiang / Coco Li Juan — CIREA
- Immediate Past PresidentDr Adrian Crivii — ANEVAR
- Committee MemberWon Kook Yi — Korea Real Estate Board (KREB)
- Committee MemberDr Valery V. Yakubovsky — Pan-Ukrainian Association of Valuation Specialists (PUAVS)
Launch of the WAVO Global Education Hub
On the same day, Executive Committee members attended the main Congress proceedings, hosted by ANEVAR, where President Robert Hecek announced the WAVO Global Education Hub to roughly 700 participants — including WAVO members and delegates travelling from Finland, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and many other countries.
Ben Elder, Chair of the IVSC Advisory Forum Working Group, joined by video link from the United Kingdom to congratulate WAVO on the Hub's launch, while Nick Talbot, CEO of the IVSC, extended his congratulations in person at the Congress.
A warm welcome to a new member
WAVO also welcomed its newest member organisation, the Capital Chamber of Professional Appraisers from Kazakhstan. Representative Yerlan Yeszhanov attended the Congress to receive the Certificate of Membership directly from President Robert Hecek.
